One-on-one: Bengals' A.J. Green vs. Browns' Joe Haden

10:16 PM,
Sep. 28, 2013

The Bengals' A.J. Green is pushed out of bounds by the Browns' Joe Haden in November of 2011.

Written by

Joe Reedy

What to watch

This is usually one of the better corner-receiver matchups that we encounter during the season. The two have had some good battles going back to college when Green was at Georgia and Haden at Florida.The skinny

Green has compared Haden to Leon Hall because both are sound in their technique. With Ray Horton taking over as Cleveland's defensive coordinator, expect the coverage to be similar to what Pittsburgh did in Week 2 with Ike Taylor. Haden will be counted on to try to contain Green, but there will also be coverages clouded to him at times. Horton, who used to play and ...